“It was market day in Bol and I was with two other girls who like me carried explosives,” the young woman told UN News. “I was just 15 years old. I was given drugs and had been trained by the extremist Boko Haram terrorist group to be…
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Africa: Comoros National Day
Press Statement
Michael R. Pompeo
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
July 6, 2018
On behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the citizens of the Comoros on the forty-third anniversary of your country’s i…
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Press Statement
Michael R. Pompeo
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
July 6, 2018
On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the Malawian people on the 54th anniversary of independence on July 6.
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Read MoreGlobal Talents in Port and Shipping Industry Invited to 2018 China Merchants C Blue Training Program’s Summer Edition
SHENZHEN, China, July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — On July 5th 2018, the third China Merchants C Blue Training Program held its closing ceremony at China Merchants Port Plaza in Shenzhen. 25 participants from 13 countries across 4 continents along the Belt and Road graduated from the program. Deputy Secretary General of China Merchants Charitable Foundation […]
Read MoreFifth Committee Approves $6.69 Billion for 13 Peacekeeping Operations in 2018/19, Overhaul of Secretariat Management Structure, as Resumed Session Concludes
Delegates Agree on Single Reimbursement Rate for Troop-Contributing CountriesThe Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today sent 25 draft resolutions and 1 draft decision to the General Assembly, asking it to adopt significant management refo…
Read MoreGirls groomed for suicide missions fight back against the extremists of Lake Chad
Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region town of Bol, 200 km north of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, in Central Africa.It was market day in Bol and I was with t…
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